Our Leaders
Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson has been the Founder and Managing Partner of Lakeshore Holdings, LLC since 2003. He is currently a board member of Denison University, the Kellogg Real Estate Advisory Board, and White Flag Foundation. Mr. Johnson has recently been an advisor to Strategic Value Partners, Washington Prime Group as Interim Lead Director, and to The Irvine Company.
Jeff has been responsible for over $70 billion of commercial real estate investments. He has held various executive positions, including: Chief Executive Officer of AREIT*, Chief Investment Officer of Equity Office Properties, and Founder, Managing Director and US Co-Head of Lehman Brothers Real Estate Private Equity Business. His past board positions include Wright Runstad Company, Prescient, Captivate, The Nature Conservancy’s Illinois Chapter, and the Conservation International Advisory Board.
Mr. Johnson received a BA with honors from Denison University, receiving the Leland J. Gordan Award for research in Economics, and an MBA from Northwestern University.
Megan K. Kelleher
Megan K. Kelleher has been involved with Lakeshore since 2009 and is Managing Partner and co-founder of Two North Consulting (“2NC”), a firm specializing in commercial real estate valuation, underwriting, and due diligence since 2007.
2NC has underwritten, negotiated, and performed due diligence on over $10 billion of office investments. Ms. Kelleher worked with Mr. Johnson at Equity Office as Vice President – Investments and co-head of dispositions, where she was responsible for the sale of over $3 billion of assets. Prior to leading dispositions, she headed acquisitions for the Southeast region; initially she was an underwriter on the Due Diligence team.
Ms. Kelleher holds an undergraduate degree from Indiana University - Bloomington and an MBA from Loyola University.
Sandy Deets
Sandy Deets has been involved with Lakeshore since 2009. She also worked with Mr. Johnson at Equity Office and at AREIT* overseeing all underwriting and due diligence activities related to acquisitions, dispositions, developments, joint ventures, and mergers. She managed a large pipeline of deal activity and underwrote over $50 billion in acquisitions and dispositions, completing due diligence on over $25 billion in transactions. In addition to her transactional responsibilities, Sandy directed the $3 billion corporate budget and quarterly earnings forecasts for Equity Office. Ms. Deets has held similar leadership positions at Green Courte Partners, Starwood Retail Partners, Cushman & Wakefield, and Commonwealth Realty Advisors.
Ms. Deets holds an undergraduate degree in Finance from Indiana University - Bloomington and an MBA from Loyola University.
*AREIT was known as Dividend Capital Diversified Fund (ticker: DPFIX) during Jeff and Sandy’s tenure